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Introducing the Fantastic Comic Work of Kassandra Davis! Every Other Friday will be Comics Day Here on the Blog!

Kassandra Davis: To be quite frank my work is comic and illustrative- I consider myself a cartoonist before all other things so my work usually tends to have both thin and thick lines, very linear, and solid shapes and forms of color. More often than not my work is very self deprecating and humorous as opposed to serious and dramatic. I can’t help it, I’m the type of person to take absolutely nothing seriously.

Proust: How long have you been working?

Kassandra Davis: I have drawn since I could steady my hand as a child with Crayola crayons. I have never associated or dropped the term “Artist” although it seems everybody near me does and always has described me that way, how long have I “taken it seriously” perhaps since the middle of high school- when I became really focused on creating work. Having an artist persona or having any form of presence didn’t take off until my early 20s-and even now at 27 it’s still evolving and changing.

Proust: What is the principle aspect of your personality, virtuous or not?

Kassandra Davis: Hmmm…that’s a tricky one. Perhaps my empathy? As much as I claim I don’t understand or can’t relate to others, more and more friends, family, coworkers tell me I understand others more than I know. Ultimately, I want to be happy and I want others to be happy. Everybody should be having a good time.

Proust: Where would you like to live, where do you think you would be happiest?

Kassandra Davis: Oh, wow, I hadn’t thought much about that. I’m from Southern California originally and to be honest, I actually miss it quite a bit. If anything I miss it because of how nice, warm, and sunny it is always, regardless of time of year. I miss being able to leave the house in the middle of winter without having to wear six layers of clothing, and I would prefer to be dry and wet from sweat than to be wet and wet from outrageously high volumes of rain water and snow.

Proust: Who is your favorite Superhero or which historical figure is your favorite or one who you most identify with?

Kassandra Davis: My dear friend Mikal Vollmer. He is a Southern Californian cartoonist, originally from Spokane. He has been published in several different comic books, magazines, and literature. I idolize him because his work and craft are amazing and despite the many roles he’s played, husband, father, student, he has always made ample time to do what he loves and is driven to do.

Proust: What is the trait you most dislike in others?

Kassandra Davis: There are three: Lack of accountability, false sense of enlightenment, and feeling of entitlement.

Kassandra Davis: Yes, however I do not believe in love as a solid, concrete thing. Love can be fluid, it can be a lot or a little. Like I love my boyfriend, my family, and my friends- but I also love drinking and snacks.

Proust: If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?

Kassandra Davis: I would like to be more of a risk taker. I’m incredibly introverted, and in certain situations, incredibly shy- so in most situations if somebody asks of me to do something or offers something to me, more often than not I’ll decline the offer- because it means putting myself out there. The outcome or reward would be grand but I’d prefer simple contentment and not knowing- I really want to break this habit though.

Proust: What do you consider your greatest achievement?

Kassandra Davis: Moving away from everything I knew and was familiar with, in Southern California, to the strange and unknown of Seattle, Washington, also graduating Cornish College of the Arts. Primarily because the odds were really against me. Financially I am not well off- nor were my folks- and the financial aid office and the student loan officers LOATHED me (with the exception of maybe two or three individuals), I had to drop out in the middle of my art school career for a year and a half simply because I couldn’t afford to be there.

Proust: What is your most treasured possession?

Kassandra Davis: I want to say my hedgehog Needles and my pig Wilson, although those are animals-not possessions. Most treasured possession…ah, rats, sorry I’m bad at this. I honestly couldn’t say- I’d have to think about it more.

Kassandra Davis: It’s going to sound horribly cliche but I value each and every friend for the different talents and abilities they bring to the table. Each friend I’ve made is very different from the next and they all seem to have their own thing going on.

Proust: What is your idea of perfect happiness?

Kassandra Davis: Personally for me, to feel content, to feel fulfilled, to be able to do what you enjoy and love- even it doesn’t mean fame and fortune, but simply to do it.

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